1, pregnant women should eat folic acid.
Do pregnant women have to eat folic acid?
During pregnancy, we suggest that folic acid should be supplemented throughout pregnancy, which is an important item in preparation for pregnancy, because there are a lot of folic acid in our daily diet. However, due to our diverse cooking methods, long-term frying and frying will denature most folic acid. We are not rabbits, and it is unlikely that we will eat raw vegetables all day, so our body is in a state of lack of folic acid, so it is necessary to supplement folic acid during pregnancy.
Side effects of long-term use of folic acid
1. absorption: Long-term excessive use of folic acid affects the absorption of zinc by the mother and the intellectual development of the fetus.
2. Cover-up: Sometimes when vitamin B 12 is deficient, it will be found out in time because of folic acid excess, which will affect fetal development.
3. Vomiting: Excessive use will reduce the appetite of pregnant women, abdominal pain and bloating, which will aggravate the phenomenon of nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.
4. Inducing seizures: Excessive folic acid will antagonize anticonvulsants and make them ineffective, leading to seizures.
Tips
There are many brands of folic acid in the market, including products with quasi-drug number, and products with small blue hat logo on the medicine bottle and health food written below. It is recommended to choose products with quasi-drug number approval, because this kind of folic acid is approved according to strict drug approval and marketing procedures, and a series of clinical trials have been done before marketing.
2. What method is used to supplement folic acid?
(1) Dietary supplement
Folic acid is widely distributed in various animal and plant foods, such as animal liver and kidney, eggs, beans, green leafy vegetables and nuts, which are all good sources of folic acid.
When supplementing folic acid, it should be noted that folic acid is easily destroyed in cooking, so vegetables should not be fried and boiled at high temperature for a long time. Stir-fried or washed raw as soon as possible, and the soaking time should not be too long to reduce the loss of folic acid.
(2) take folic acid tablets
Women should take folic acid tablets from the third month before pregnancy to the first three months of pregnancy. Because folic acid supplements are more direct, folic acid should be supplemented every day after conception, which is very effective for pregnant women who lack folic acid before pregnancy or have given birth to deformed children, but for pregnant mothers who do not lack folic acid, it is enough to pay attention to folic acid supplementation in their diet.